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'''St Philip and St James’ Church''' is a [[Church of England]] church in [[Plaistow, Newham|Plaistow]], east London.<ref>* {{cite web |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/plaistow-st-philip-st-james/ |title=Plaistow: St Philip & St James, Plaistow |website=achurchnearyou.com |accessdate=12 October 2016}}</ref> It originated as two churches before being merged into the joint parish of St Philip and St James in 1955. That parish in its turn became part of the Parish of the Divine Compassion along with three other parishes in Plaistow and [[Canning Town]] - [[St Mary's Church, Plaistow|St Mary's]], [[St Matthias’ Church, Canning Town|St Matthias']] and [[St Martin's Church, Plaistow|St Martin's]].{{cn|date=November 2024}}
==St Philip's==
It was founded as a small mission church built on Whitwell Road in 1860 by [[St Mary's Church, Plaistow|St Mary's Church]]. It was taken on by the [[Society of Divine Compassion]] in 1894 but destroyed in 1941 during the [[London Blitz]]. The foundation stone for a new building was laid in 1954.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newhamphotos.com/p880659268/hFF0DE54#hff0de54|title = Plaistow &#124; Princess Margaret attending the service to mark the laying of the foundation stone at St Philip's church, Plaistow. 1954.}}</ref>
Between 1876 and 1882, the Guild of St Alban the Martyr, an [[Anglo-Catholicism|Anglo-Catholic]] [[Settlement movement|settlement]], worked closely with St Philip's Church, as a mission of [[St Andrew's Church, Plaistow|St Andrew's Plaistow]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Ham: Philanthropic institutions {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol6/pp141-144 |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref>
It originated in [[Forest Gate]] as an iron building opened around 1870 to serve a [[conventional district]]. It became a parish in 1881, formed from  those of [[Emmanuel Church, Forest Gate|Emmanuel Church]], [[St John's Church, Stratford|St John's]] and [[All Saints Church, West Ham|All Saints]]<!---
The church of St. James, Forest Gate, Forest Lane, originated about 1870, when an iron building was serving a conventional district. (fn. 174) A separate parish, taken from those of Emmanuel, St. John's, and All Saints, West Ham, was formed in 1881, the advowson of the vicarage being vested in the bishop. A permanent church was completed in 1882. The organ came from the church of St. Matthew, Friday Street (Lond.), and is said to have been built in the 18th century by George England. During the incumbency of G. W. Hanford (1895–1925) the church and schools were enlarged and parish halls were built. The church was demolished in 1964, after which its congregation met in the chapel of the Durning Hall community centre. (fn. 175) In 1966 the parish of St. James was united with that of St. John.--->
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The church of ST. PHILIP, Whitwell Road, remained in use as a mission after the building of St. Andrew's. In 1894 it was taken over by the Society of the Divine Compassion and became the centre of their settlement at Plaistow. (fn. 162) It was destroyed by bombing in 1941, but services continued in borrowed premises. In 1953 the S.D.C. was taken over by Anglican Franciscans, and in 1955 a new church of yellow brick with an Italian-style tower, dedicated to ST. PHILIP AND ST. JAMES, was opened. (fn. 163) The mission church of ST. MARTIN, Boundary Road, was built in 1894. For a period between the two world wars it served a conventional district, (fn. 164) but it has since reverted to its original status.--->
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